Introduction
Comments can be placed in FBD in the form of text objects.
Text objects can overlap other objects.
The size of the object, depending on the size of the text, can be extended vertically and horizontally to fill additional grid units.
The same rules apply for entering text and navigating within text objects as for editing ASCII text in standard text editors. (To create a line break in text objects you must press the Ctrl+Enter key combination).
Displaying or hiding the comments
Use the button in the toolbar to
show or hide the comments.
The background color of the button in blue indicates that the comments are hidden.

Selecting the text object
You have the following options to select text objects:
Use the
menu command.Use the
menu command from the shortcut menu.Press the F8 key.
or
Select the
symbol.
The active placement mode for text objects is indicated by
the cursor symbol.
Placing text objects:
Placing text objects:
Step |
Action |
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1 |
Select the text object. |
2 |
Click the target position in the FBD section. or Use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the target position, and press Enter. Result: The selected text object is inserted and the selection mode is active again. Example: ![]() |
3 |
Enter the comment. |
4 |
Confirm the text entered by:
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5 |
To insert additional text objects:
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